RIP Roland S Howard

Very sad news that Roland S Howard has passed away. Battling cancer, he passed on Dec 30th at the age of 50.

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AkuYou Tracks

Here are a few tracks from my band AkuYou.

Sleepless by AkuYou

Blinded by AkuYou

REPOST : PART 1 Formulation 2009

Brad Miller has decided to repost his awesome 4 part download only compilation, Because God Told Me to Do It, in time for the holidays.
There is some really great stuff on these downloads and all are completely FREE. YES FREE! The original download had an instrumental version of Piano Somewhere from AkuYou. The repost has the corrected version with vocals. I highly recommend these 4 downloads. You can't lose!

Track Listing;
1 Fire Alarm - AxemRangers
2 Ahi Mele - The Missing Middle
3 Witness At The Fountain - The Vivi Sect
4 Wall Of The Shot (God's Version) - No It Is Opposition
5 Burning/Crawling - Vampyramidf/F
6 Will You Come Now - Phallus Dei featuring John Walker
7 Celebration Of The Moon - Salakapakka Sound System
8 Fire - A Forgotten Tale
9 PianoSomewhere - AkuYou
10 Viral Symphony 4th Mvt (Edit) - Joseph Nechvatal
11 Gorka krv - Tearpalm
12 Echoes - Elvatorium

Get it Here

Parts 2, 3 & 4 will be posted in the coming days.

Crystal Antlers @ The Earl

Crystal Antlers at The Earl in Atlanta. Dec 10 2009.

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Video from Untied States & Hawks

Untied States and Hawks both played friday Dec 4 2009 at The Earl in East Atlanta Village ATL GA. Here is a bit of video from the show;

OuterLoop Page

Got an email today letting me know that OuterLoop now has a myspace page. Responsible for the awesome Christmas compilation tapes put out years ago around Atlanta. (Perimeter Records then Outer Loop, history at Beyond Failure)
James Joyce has a great write up on his blog, Beyond Failure, about the history and a full download of the '87 tape here.

Here is the track listing:
1. Merry Christmas, Dammit by Jon Kincaid, Bryan Lilje, Todd Ploharski, Melinda Spratt, Christopher Swartz and Doug Hughes
2. Chimes by Christopher Swartz
3. I'm Dreaming by Todd Ploharski
4. Arctic Christmas by Doug Hughes


Later releases included Atlanta bands such as St. Nicks Evil Moronic Twin, Pineal Ventana, Sequence 3, Seely, Routerwelm, Liars Club, Peppermint Synapse, Tilde Course, Accustat, James' Magic Dragon, Broken Symmetry, Hughes/Swartz, , Overdoor Head Traction Ensemble, Casper Fandango, Starblood, Happy Billionaires.

Check back for more info in the coming weeks. Beyond Failure is doing writeups on lots of the xmas tapes up until the holiday is over.

Some Sites I Frequent

Today i thought I would list a few sites that I check out regularly.
Mostly music related and in no particular order:

Thee Other Sound Blogspot

Because God Told Me To Do It

Built on a Weak Spot

Gimme Tinnitus

Experimental Etc

Radiobutt

Death By Audio

Kill Your Godz

The Music Slut

Big Fan of Satanist

Tiny Mix Tapes

The Sound of Indie

The Daily Swarm

Beautifull Noise

Sucka Pants

7" Atlanta

Beyond Failure

Ducks Battle Satan

BeAtlanta

The Noise Is

Under the Influence

The Pessimist Club

Mutant Sounds

We Are Disabled

Madrotter

Good Bad Music

BrooklynVegan

Free Music Archive

Anchor Brain

Building Drain to House Insane

OhmPark

RCRD LBL

NextStop

529 Calendar EAV

Tight Bros Calendar

Oh My Rockness NYC Showlist

WFMU Blog

WREK Underground Recordings

Free Music Software

New Chinese Stars Video

So my northern friends up in Providence have a new video for their song "Body" off their newly released album "Heaven on Speed Dial." Chinese Stars have been releasing consistently good music since the breakup of their other band, Arab on Radar. Catchy, off-kilter, screechy vocals, mesmerizing drum patterns, toe tapping good time.

Mp3 - Rabbit Face - Chinese Stars
Check it out!

Official Video For Body Off Of Chinese Stars' Heaven On Speed Dial from Anchor Brain on Vimeo.